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Red-lined Carrion Beetle

Necrodes surinamensis

2,036 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 18, February 19, March 29, April 58, May 111, June 52, July 61, August 35, September 37, October 30, November 19, December 17.
United States2,722
Canada1,357
Ontario464
Quebec410
New York238
Kentucky198
Texas184
Nova Scotia148
Michigan132
Georgia119

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyRove Beetles · Staphylinidae
GenusNecrodes

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